This
property was annexed and comp planned in to the City in 1998 by the City. The
current comp plan designation on the property of City Institutional has caused
a problem for the owner who is trying to get a reverse mortgage on his
residence. The change in comp plan designation to General Commercial will allow
him to refinance his home. The project site is approximately 1.85 acres. The
property is generally located on the north side of C.R. 470, east of the
Florida Turnpike. The project site is ten (10) or less
acres and is, therefore, considered a small-scale comprehensive land use plan
amendment. The City will notify the Florida Department of Community Affairs of
the plan amendment and the Department will review the project site area to
confirm that it is ten (10) acres or less. At that time, the Department will
determine that it is a local issue and not subject to Department review.

Currently,
the property is a single family residential home with some accessory uses. The
surrounding Future Land Use Map designations around the subject property are Institutional
to the north and west, General Commercial to the south and Public to the east.
The existing Land Use designation for the subject property is Institutional.
The proposed future land use designation of City General Commercial, which is
consistent with the City’s adopted Growth Management Plan and would allow for
the development of the property for residential and commercial uses.

The Planning
Commission held a public hearing on the application on April 23, 2009 and by a vote
of 7 to 0, recommended approval.

Options

1. Approve the requested small
scale comprehensive plan amendment to City General Commercial.

2. Other such action as the
Commission may deem appropriate.

Fiscal
Impact

There
is no fiscal impact to the City.

Submission
Date and Time: 5/6/2009 12:42 PM____

Department:
Community Development _

Prepared
by: Bill Wiley, AICP _

Attachments:
Yes__X_ No ______

Advertised: ____Not
Required ______

Dates:
__________________________

Attorney Review : Yes_X_ No ____

_________________________________

Revised 6/10/04

Reviewed by: Dept.
Head __BW____

Finance Dept. __________________

Deputy C.M. ___________________

Submitted
by:

City
Manager ___________________

Account No. _________________

Project No. ___________________

WF No. ______________________

Budget ______________________

Available _____________________

ORDINANCE NO. ______

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN FOR THE CITY OF LEESBURG, CHANGING THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION OF
CERTAIN PROPERTY CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 1.85 ACRES, BEING generally located on the north side of C.R. 470, east
of the Florida Turnpike,
LYING IN SECTION 8, TOWNSHIP 20 SOUTH, RANGE 24 EAST, LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA, FROM CITY INSTITUTIONAL TO GENERAL
COMMERCIAL; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. (FELIPE ESTRADA)

WHEREAS, the City Commission has received written
objections, recommendations, and comments from the City of Leesburg Planning
Commission acting as the Local Planning Agency, regarding amendment of the
Comprehensive Plan of the City of Leesburg, and has made recommendations to the
City Commission for amendment of the Plan; and

WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Leesburg has held public hearings on the proposed amendment to the plan, in light of
written comments, proposals and objections from the general public;

NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY
OF LEESBURG, FLORIDA, that:

Section
1.

The Growth Management Plan of the City
of Leesburg, adopted by the City of Leesburg on September 22, 2003, pursuant to the Local Government Planning and Land Development Regulations Act of
1985, Chapter 163, Part II, Florida Statutes, after public hearings by the City
of Leesburg Planning Commission, is hereby amended in the following manner:

The Future Land Use Map is amended by
changing the designation of the parcel of land generally located on the north side of C.R. 470, east of
the Florida Turnpike, lying in Section
8, Township 20 South, Range 24 East,
Lake County, Florida, legally described as:

Legal Description

The South 100 feet of the East 807.9
feet of Section 8, Township 20S, Range 24 East in Lake County, Florida

Alternate
Key Number: 3410017

from
City Institutional to City General Commercial as shown on Attachment 1,
the revised map of said area.

Section
2.

All ordinances or part of ordinances in
conflict with any of the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed.

Section
3.

This ordinance shall become effective
upon its passage and adoption, according to law.

PASSED
AND ADOPTED at the
regular meeting of the City Commission of the City of Leesburg, Florida, held
on the ______ day of __________________, 2009.